Feminist Frequency Radio is coming for your media. Each week, Kat Spada invites you to listen in on entertaining and stimulating conversations about films, games, and TV... from the latest blockbusters to classic hidden gems, and more. With special guests bringing their distinctly different feminist perspectives to the mix as they celebrate and critique it all—including media critics, entertainers, academics, and everyone in between—Feminist Frequency Radio is there to help you dig deeper into the things you love. Warning: Feminist Frequency Radio may significantly enhance your media experience. Created by Anita Sarkeesian, Feminist Frequency ran as an organization from 2009–2023, providing video commentaries exploring gender representations, myths, and messages in popular culture media. Now, host Kat Spada continues Feminist Frequency Radio's legacy as an independent podcast, with fun new conversations about entertainment that asks you to be critical of the media you love.
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episode 47: 47: Top Gun
FFR #47: Top Gun
On this week’s FFR, we fly into the danger zone with Maverick, Iceman, Goose and the rest of the best of the best with the cultural juggernaut that is Top Gun. Is it a film carefully calculated to represent masculinity in such a way as to maximize navy recruitment efforts? Is it a film dripping with queer subtext? Can it be both? Join us for a conversation about the acting, the imagery, and questions about what really constitutes the film’s central love story.
Also, Anita announces that she’s had a lifetime’s fill of a certain pop star and never needs to hear another one of their songs again, much to Carolyn’s dismay. And Carolyn time-warps into the episode to bring you pop culture news from the future!
Segment Timestamps:
:00 Intro
3:10 Entertainment News: The link between Kavanaugh and Gamergate. Bette Midler makes a bad tweet. Lady Gaga on sexual assault and trauma on Colbert.
11:35 Top Gun
44:05 What’s Your FREQ-Out?
Ebony on Veep, Carolyn on Life Is Strange 2, Anita on the books of Porochista Khakpour
53:50 Wrap-up
Relevant Links:
We Hunted the Mammoth story on Mark Judge and Gamergate: http://www.wehuntedthemammoth.com/2018/10/03/mark-judge-gamergater-kavanaugh-pals-creepy-2015-attacks-on-anita-sarkeesian-look-even-creepier-in-retrospect/
Lady Gaga discussing Kavanaugh and Dr. Ford on Colbert: https://youtu.be/f2ldzqrvEk4
Sick by Porochista Khakpour: https://porochistakhakpour.com/books/sick/
The Last Illusion by Porochista Khakpour: https://porochistakhakpour.com/books/the-last-illusion/